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Oh Yeah. We're Skee-rewed.

Now Philly.com puts its two cents in on the job market for entry levels, following last week's article in the Post about legal outsourcing to India. You know my feelings on this. A Q&A with Robert Denney:

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Q: So, if you are not at a top law school, or at the top of your class somewhere else, what do you do?

A: Other than slinging hash, you are just going to have to get by looking for temporary employment almost anywhere you can get hired. [Emphasis added.] Some graduates have been signing up with contract law agencies where they go to work for a period of months or longer, but at a much lower rate, and others are looking at any law firm that will hire them. The public-sector law is still strong, but of course, starting salaries are much lower.

Q: How long do you expect these conditions to last?

A: My crystal ball is a bit cloudy and has some cracks in it, but I think we are going to see this for the balance of 2008. [Emphasis added.] By then, I would expect that law firms will have adjusted, and after that we might see an upward trend.

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Full post as published by Wicked Words on May 12, 2008 (boomark / email).